Crude-oil burner.



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APPLICATION FILED DBC.8,1909.

Patented June 2.1, 1910.

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CRUDE OIL BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED 1320.13.1909.

HHH Hmm MMI/i4 RUFUS C. REED, 0F JACKSONVILLE, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF T0 W. A. DAY, IVI. W. TOTTY, AND R. D. ATKINSON, ALL OFJACKSONVILLE, TEXAS.

CRUDE-OIL BURNER.

Application filed December 8, 1909.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, RUrUs C. REED, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jacksonville, in the county of Cherokee and State of Texas,have invented a new and useful Crude-Oil Burner; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

The invention about to be set forth belongs to the yart of burners, andparticularly pertains to a new and useful hydrocarbon burnerv adaptedmainly for use in connection with heating and cooking stoves orfurnaces, or, Iin fact, any device or plant in which heat is necessaryand employing crude petroleum or oil as the heating medium.

` The essential object of the invention is to provide manually operatedmeans, whereby a mixture of air, crude petroleum or oil and water, maybe forced, under air pressure, into a receptacle or receiving pan havinga combustion chamber and against a draft or baffle plate. By forcingthis mixture against a draft or bafie plate (which becomes highly heatedafter the first charge of this mixture is ignited) a spreading effect ofthe mixture is obtained, and instantaneously after this effect, thecombustion occurs. As the mixture emanates from the burners (there beingone or more of such burners shown) it is partly converted into vapor.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for verticallyadjusting this draft or bafiie plate, whereby the spaces between theupper and lower edges thereof and the under surface of the top of thestove and the bottom of the receptacle may be regulated, in order toincrease or decrease the capacity of the flame (which projects below andabove the upper and lower edges of said plate).

A further object of the invention is to regulate the amount of waterused and to gage the air pressure.

In this specification and the drawings annexed hereto, a particulardesign of device is complied with, but the invention is not to beconfined to this special design. The proportions of the various partsmay be changed and varied according to the necessary requirements. Thedevice, in its actual reduction to practice, may require furtherSpeccation of Letters Patent.

Patented June 21, 1910.

Serial No. 532,123.

changes and variations; the right thereto belongs to the applicant,provided such changes and variations are comprehended by the appendedclaims.

In the drawings Figure l is a perspective view of an ordinary cook stoveor range, showing one end thereof broken away in order to show the oilreceiving pan or receptacle, with its draft or baiiie plate in position,and also illustrating the means for manually forcing a mixture of oil,air and water through the burner tubes proper. Fig. 2 is an enlargeddetail perspective view of the receiving pan or receptacle removed fromthe stove. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view through thereceiving pan or receptacle, showing the guides for the draft or baffleplate, and the means for holding the same in its adjusted positions.Fig. A is a top plan view of the receiving pan or receptacle, one endthereof being partly broken away in order to show one of the guidesclearer, and to further illustrateI how the draft or baffle plate isheld in position. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the draft orbaffle plate removed from the receiving pan or receptacle. Fig. 6 is adetail perspective view of a pivoted member.

Referring to the annexed drawings, 1 denotes the ordinary cook stove orrange, having the usual fire-box 2, upon the grate 3 onwhich a receivingpan or receptacle 4 is positioned. This receiving pan or receptacle isrectangular in plan view, and is provided with two longitudinal sideflanges 5 and 6 and two end flanges 7 and 8. The end iianges 7 and 8 areprovided with guideways 9 and 10 which receive the draft or baffle plate11, whereby the draft or baffle plate may be readily guided.

Penetrating the end flanges 7 and`8 are threaded members 12 to engagethe ends of the draft or baiiie plate, in order to hold thesame in itsadjusted positions, whereby the space above and below the upper andlower edge of the said plate and the top of the stove and the bottom ofthe receiving pan or receptacle may be increased or decreased. Byincreasing or decreasing the space, the ames from the combustion arealso increased or decreased. This draft or bafie plate, after the firstcharge of the mixture of oil, air and water is ignited, becomesintensely heated, and

when the mixture is sprayed' against it, the mixture is instantlyconsumed in the form of a combustion. In this way, great heat isobtained in the fire-box which serves the users of this device a greatservice which is far in excess of other forms of devices of this orother characters for cooking and heating.

VThe longitudinal side flange 5 is provided with semicircular cutawayportions 14, in which the ends 15 of the burners proper 16 are securedby means ofthe members 17. These burners 16 are joined together by ahorizontally disposed tube 18, through which the combined mixture ofpetroleum, air and water is forced, in order to feed the plurality ofburners. These burners are further provided with valves 19, whereby theflow of mixture is regulated.

Y20 denotes the ordinary manually operated force air pump, to which isconnected a tube 21.V -This tube 21 is connected to al tube 22 (whichpenetrates into the interior of the petroleum or crude oil tank 23)which tube 22 is provided with the usual air gage 24, whereby the airpressure may be readily ascertained. The tube 22 is provided with avalve 25 for regulating the pressure of air. The tube 22 extends inclose poximity to'the bottom of said tank in Yorder that a combinedmixture of air and petroleum or cru'de'oil maybe forced upand out of theupper portion'of the tank, as at 26, and through the tube 27. This tube27 communicates with a tube or pipe 28 (which is provided with twovalves 29). The tube or pipe 28 extends from a water tank 30, the waterfrom whichV flows through the tube or pipe'28 and mixes with thecombined air and petroleum or crude oil, and is projected into thehorizontally disposed pipe 18 and thence into the plurality of burnersproper, as clearly'shown in the drawings. The airv being under pressurewhen it leaves the pump 20 passes into the tank 23 below the oil, mixeswith the oil, and forces a combined mixture of air and oil up throughthe pipe 27 At the junction where the pipe 27 communicates withthe tubeor pipe 28, the combined mixture of air and oil mixes with a flow ofwater from the tank 30. This' mixture 'of air, oil and water iscon-veyedto the burners proper. As this mixture leaves the burners, it is partlyconverted into gases, but the greater part of itis projected against thedraft or bafileplate, where it is broken into particles, and thereafterignited.V

ject'ed into the' burners" 16l proper, 'om

Having thus fully set forth the invention,

what is claimed as new and useful, is

1. The combination with a heating or cooking stove having a fire-box, ofa receiving pan or receptacle mounted in said iire-box, a plurality ofburners extending partially through the lire-box and into the receivingpan or receptacle, a draft or baffle plate disposed vertically withinthe receiving pan or receptacle against which a mixture of petroleum, orcrude oil, air and water is sprayed and means for adjusting the baffleplat-e.

2.Y A receiving pan or receptacle adapted to be disposed within afire-box of a heating or cooking stove and having .a plurality ofburners extending partially through the lirebox and into said receivingpanv or receptacle, a draft or baffle plate mounted Vertically withinsaid receiving pan or receptacle so that a space is formed betweenl thelower edge of the baiile plate and the receptacle and the upper edge ofthe baffle plate and the stove, and means to,y prevent displacement ofthe draft or baffle plate. 3. Areceiving pan or receptacle adapted to bedisposed within a lire-box of a heating or cooking stove and having aplurality of Vburn- .ers extending partially through the ire-box andinto said receiving panA or receptacle, a draft or baffle plate mountedvertically within saidreceiving pan or receptacle so that aspace isformed between the lower edge ofl the baffle plate and the receptacleanda space is formed between theupper edge of the baiiie plate and t-hestove, said receiving pan or receptacle having guideways to re-v ceivesaidrdraft or lbaiiie plate, and means extending into said guideways tohold the draft. or bafiie plate in adjusted positions.

4. A receiving pan or receptacle' adapted' to be disposed within afire-box of 'a heating or cooking stove and vhaving a plurality 'ofburners extending partiallyV throughV the fire-box and intosaid'receiving pan or receptacle, and a vertically "adjustable'draft'for baffle plate mounted in saidreceiving pan tor receptacle wherebypassagesare estabvlished'above and below the plate. Y

. 5. A receiving pan or receptacle adapted to be disposed within afire-box 'of a heating `or 'cooking stove and having a plurality of.burners extending partially through' the firebox and into saidreceiving pan or'receptacle, a draftor baffle plate mounted verticallywithin said receiving pan or'receptacle whereby passages'areformed aboveand be- Llow'the plate, means to prevent-'displacement of the draft orbaille plate, and means for securing the ends of the burners to thereceiving pan or receptacle.

6. A receiving pan or receptacle adapted to be disposed within a re-boxof a heating or cooking stove and having a plurality of burnersextending partially through the firebox and into said receiving pan orreceptacle, a vertically adjustable draft or bafle plate mounted in saidreceiving pan or receptacle whereby passages are established above andbelow said plate, and means for manually forcing a mixture of petroleumor crude oil, air and water through the burners and into the receivingpan or receptacle.

7. In combination with a stove having a lire box, a receptaclepositioned in the fire box, having guides formed thereon, a verticallymovable baffle plate, movable on the guides, means for securing thebaille plate in a position whereby passages are established above andbelow said baffle plate, pivoted members secured to the receptacle, andburners held in position on said receptacle by said members.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

RUFUS C. REED.

Witnesses:

M. W. ToTTY, W. A. DAY.

